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Terryk
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| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 02:52 pm EST : |   |
I was checking on my c. purpurascens today and peaked into the pot and discovered what appears to be a flower! It is very small, but when I put it under a magnifying glass I could see that it was a flower. It is tightly curled but you can see the color of the flower and it appears at this time a light pink almost white. It is part of the curved stem right in front of my fingers in the below photo.
Here is another photo and the center of the plant is where the flower is located.
I am going to try to get a photo which shows the flower bud soon.
These were seeds which I started last year! So far it is the only one with a flower.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Terryk
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| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 02:57 pm EST : | |
ok, can you tell I am excited? Here's the flower bud
I'll post pictures as it grows
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 10:12 pm EST : | |
Congratulations Terry! Is it your first? Don't squeeze too hard.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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Terryk
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| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 11:59 pm EST : | |
Hi Joseph, yes this is my first and I am so very proud and excited. Of course you understand having grown your hellebores from seed too. I won't squeeze too hard, promise! This species so far has been the easiest once for me to grow once they germinated. Next in ease has been c. hederifolium. I hope you will be joining us next year growing your own cyclamen. Will you be back home by then?
Of course I can not take full credit for this, e-mails flew back and forth between myself and Tim as he helped me every step of the way. I can't wait for him to see the post.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Guff
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 01:13 am EST : | |
Very nice. Congrats
My one plant that I thought maybe had a flower, whatever it was wilted and shriveled up.
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 05:50 am EST : | |
I'll undoubtedly do some next year or at some point Terry. Believe it or not, I grow many plants other than hellebores, including most ornamental wildflowers native to my region, epimediums, and many of the usual garden suspects, etc. I'd like to get into glade species a bit too since there are many (some endemic) to my area.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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Galanthophile
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| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 07:08 am EST : | |
Woo hoo! Great news Terry. Well done!
Galanthophile
- Ann (Northern England),
Zone "8"
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Terryk
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| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 09:22 am EST : | |
Guff, I do hope that this little flower survives. Sorry to hear about yours. You never know it may produce another. Last year on New Year's Day I had my first hellebore bud from a second year plant. I was so very excited. It was so mild last year on Jan.1 remember? I was out that day working in the garden, then the snow and cold came and I lost that bud. But later that year the same plant gave me at least 7 flowers. So hang in there and keep looking on that one plant of yours.
I don't expect I will get more than this flower, or maybe a few but I am, needless to say, very excited. I am also looking for more buds on other ones c. purpurascens.
Ann, thanks also for you words of congratulations.
I wonder where Tim is this weekend, I so want him to see how his many hours of instruction have paid off. I wonder if he is at a cyclamen show or preparing for one?
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Tim
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 07:09 pm EST : | |
I wonder where I've been too, Terry. Haven't stopped for two days, planting hellebores mostly.
Anyway, on to more important things - WELL DONE!! Nothing to do with me, Terry - passing the information on is the easy bit. Understanding that information and then putting it into action is the hard bit, and that's exactly what you have done - superbly. Now you can scoff when you read that purpurascens is slow from seed....
It's consistently the quickest from germination to flower for me. It helps that purpurascens will throw a flower as soon as it is ready to do so, regardless of what time of year it is.
Take your vitamins Terry - you don't want a blocked nose when that flower opens! Only a few weeks to wait now....
Keep us posted - as if I need to ask! Well done Terry - I'm thrilled for you.
Tim
- Cambridgeshire,
Zone "7 "
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Shirley1md
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 10:45 pm EST : | |
The excitement is mounting...well done!
Shirley Maryland Zone 7a |
Terryk
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| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 09:42 am EST : | |
I'm glad you finally got to read this Tim. Of course I will keep posting, with pictures as much as possible. Scented flower? I can't wait!
Thanks also Shirley, this is exciting, at least I still get excited when I have done things right. I was the same way with my hellebore flowers. I think when you grow from seed, it makes it that more special when you have success.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Shirley1md
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 11:40 pm EST : | |
It absolutely makes it more special when you have grown & nurtured a flowering plant from just a tiny seed! It has come full circle!!
Shirley Maryland Zone 7a |
Terryk
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 02:56 am EST : | |
Here it is a few days later, getting a bit larger. It almost reminds me of a swan's neck and beak.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Guff
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 08:11 pm EST : | |
Looking good, have you noticed any more flowers on other plants?
Curious whats the smell like on the scented cyclamen? Would one plant(say one with 20+ flowers) fill a house up with it's scent?
Guff
- NY,
Zone "?"
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Terryk
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 09:18 pm EST : | |
No additional flowers yet, I keep checking. I would imagine that the scent depends on the species. Some are stronger scented than others, Tim would know the stronger scented ones. Last year I had a store bought one which smelled like lily of the valley, but it was something you noticed up close. Also, if you have it in a cooler room, it seems the scent is more noticeable.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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